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HIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hin mean?
• HIN (noun)
The noun HIN has 1 sense:
1. ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons
Familiarity information: HIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("hin" is a kind of...):
capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)
Context examples
Hin's team analyzed rocks from Earth using a mass spectrometer, and compared their chemical ingredients with off-world sources: meteorite chondrites (space rocks) plus samples from Mars and the asteroid Vesta.
(Fiery Collisions That Gave Birth to Earth Could Have Evaporated 40% of Our World, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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